HBO RENEWS GAME OF THRONES FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH SEASONS
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Season Four Debut Scores Highest Viewership Yet
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LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2014 – HBO has renewed GAME OF THRONES for a fifth and sixth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“GAME OF THRONES is a phenomenon like no other,” noted Lombardo. “David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we look forward to more of their dazzling storytelling.”
Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning series launched its ten-episode fourth season Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, with other episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Cast regulars for the fourth season of GAME OF THRONES include: Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Charles Dance, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Alfie Allen, Jerome Flynn, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Stephen Dillane, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen, Kristofer Hivju, Sibel Kekilli, Rose Leslie, Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Iwan Rheon and Carice van Houten.
Among the early critical praise for the fourth season, the Los Angeles Times called GAME OF THRONES “the Best Television Show Ever,” adding that “no other series comes close,” and “television just doesn’t get any better than this,” while Newsday hailed the series as “still TV’s best,” awarding the show an A+. The Hollywood Reporter observed, “The consistency of excellence in GAME OF THRONES is truly something to behold,” and the San Francisco Chronicle described it as “great and addictive.”
The season four premiere of GAME OF THRONES on Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) was watched by an average of 6.6 million viewers, making it HBO’s most-watched program since the finale of “The Sopranos” in 2007 (11.9 million viewers). The premiere improved 52% over last season’s premiere and 23% over last season’s finale. GAME OF THRONES added an additional 1.6 million viewers from the 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. replays, for a gross audience of 8.2 million viewers for the night. Season three of the series had an average gross audience of 14.4 million viewers per episode.
Season four credits: The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin; producers, Chris Newman and Greg Spence.
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Season Four Debut Scores Highest Viewership Yet
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LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2014 – HBO has renewed GAME OF THRONES for a fifth and sixth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“GAME OF THRONES is a phenomenon like no other,” noted Lombardo. “David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with their talented collaborators, continue to surpass themselves, and we look forward to more of their dazzling storytelling.”
Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, GAME OF THRONES is an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. The Emmy®- and Golden Globe-winning series launched its ten-episode fourth season Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, with other episodes debuting subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Cast regulars for the fourth season of GAME OF THRONES include: Emmy® and Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Charles Dance, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Alfie Allen, Jerome Flynn, Conleth Hill, John Bradley, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Stephen Dillane, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen, Kristofer Hivju, Sibel Kekilli, Rose Leslie, Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Iwan Rheon and Carice van Houten.
Among the early critical praise for the fourth season, the Los Angeles Times called GAME OF THRONES “the Best Television Show Ever,” adding that “no other series comes close,” and “television just doesn’t get any better than this,” while Newsday hailed the series as “still TV’s best,” awarding the show an A+. The Hollywood Reporter observed, “The consistency of excellence in GAME OF THRONES is truly something to behold,” and the San Francisco Chronicle described it as “great and addictive.”
The season four premiere of GAME OF THRONES on Sunday, April 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) was watched by an average of 6.6 million viewers, making it HBO’s most-watched program since the finale of “The Sopranos” in 2007 (11.9 million viewers). The premiere improved 52% over last season’s premiere and 23% over last season’s finale. GAME OF THRONES added an additional 1.6 million viewers from the 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. replays, for a gross audience of 8.2 million viewers for the night. Season three of the series had an average gross audience of 14.4 million viewers per episode.
Season four credits: The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin; producers, Chris Newman and Greg Spence.
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That was fast!!! Awesome
ReplyDeleteWas there ever any real doubt :D
ReplyDeletethis seasons biggest 'duh' moment ^^
ReplyDeleteNo surprises there.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise! Now GRRM write write until your hands bleed ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked! ; )
ReplyDeleteI am however looking forward to seeing how they'll split the books.Making "A Storm of Swords" into two seasons was obviously the right decision.But I think one season is enough for "A Feast for Crows" and maybe two for "A Dance with Dragons",which makes for 7 seasons.GRRM should pick up the pace.
The only thing that shocks me about this, that it was very fast renewal. Was expecting it later this month. ;)
ReplyDeleteWas there ever any doubt?
ReplyDeleteNot a surprise, but still...yay! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteNot surprised but still, I'm happy!!!
ReplyDeleteOf course! was anyone expecting less?
ReplyDeleteApparently theirs an 8 season plan: http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/
ReplyDeleteSo part of me worries if the last 2 books will end up rushed.
Might as well order the seasons 7 and 8 we know are coming anyway.
ReplyDeleteOf course they did!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Love this show!
ReplyDeleteIn other news: Water is Wet! :D
ReplyDeleteA no-brainer. Maybe to put a bit of extra pressure on GRRM. lol
Yay.
ReplyDeleteBut the next books happen in same time frame, so will be interested in how they handle it.
One stray blood blot and the wrong family dies... *facepalm*
ReplyDeleteI honestly thought it was renewed until then anyway
ReplyDeleteSuch amazing news! Everyone knew it would be renewed but for 2 seasons? Has HBO ever done that before?
ReplyDeleteI think I read somewhere that GRRM told the writers of the show what his plans were for the last two books so they would know how to write the show in case he didn't finish the books in time
ReplyDeleteGreat news!!! :D
ReplyDeleteThat didn't take long! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat news!
ReplyDeleteSure we all knew HBO was never going to cancel the series, but official confirmation might take a little pressure off of the creative team.
Non-prediction of the day:
This time two years from now HBO greenlights Season 7.
GoT was obviously getting renewed, but renewing for 2 seasons at the same time is surprising. First time this has happened for GoT.
ReplyDeleteNot surprises there..yay!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a surprise!(?
ReplyDeleteNot a surprise, but good to know.
ReplyDeleteHow is this news? It's the greatest show on television lol.
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